My system (jtucker)

[jtucker]

MY system:

ML Montis in bubinga wood
Pass Labs INT-150
Oppo UDP-205 transport and DAC
Squeezebox Touch with enhanced digital output streamer

 

[twich54]

very nice jt, now, about those reflections !

 

[ttocs]

Two channel setups are so neat and tidy!

I agree with Twich. Taming reflections adds so much clarity.

 

[jtucker]

When we moved here, I thought the room was going to be a big issue. The sound is surprisingly very good with what I would describe as a wide and deep soundstage. Bass room nodes are probably very low frequency. Any kind of room treatments will immediately fail WAF, so its a good thing I am happy with the sound. I have been toying with speaker placement. I thought I would prefer them farther out into the room, but for whatever reason this seems the best placement.

 

[Robert D]

What kind of flooring is that? Wondering how sound reflects off of that. My setup is in a room with hardwood and its really not bad at all. In the basement I have that new "luxury" vinyl planking and the noise seems a lot worse.

 

[jtucker]

The floor is stained and textured concrete. It is in the whole house.

 

[Robert D]

The floor is stained and textured concrete. It is in the whole house.

It looks great.

 

[Jazzman53]

I like the minimalist look and I'm wondering about the SB Touch with "enhanced digital streamer". Is your SB modded?

 

[bikerneil]

Beautiful, but I gotta believe a thick rug would really help. And some absorption panels behind each speaker as well. Nice system!

 

[jtucker]

I like the minimalist look and I'm wondering about the SB Touch with "enhanced digital streamer". Is your SB modded?

The enhanced digital output is a third party applet you can install if you are interested:
https://forums.slimdevices.com/show...tal-Output-app-USB-Dac-and-192k-Digital-Ouput

 

[jtucker]

Beautiful, but I gotta believe a thick rug would really help. And some absorption panels behind each speaker as well. Nice system!

Unfortunately, room treatments are not an option for me. I have the speakers positioned so that I get "optimal" mix of direct and reflected sound at what sounds to me the proper ratio/timing. I have owned several other different planar and dipole speakers (not in this home) and faced similar placement issues.